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Judy. I will show you how this story is about much more than that. This story is about Carpe Diem, the intense pursuit of these ideals, and ultimately the failure of Carpe Diem as the sole way to live one’s life. During the 1920’s, wealthy Americans were busy living in the moment, their lives filled with…

cheating on her with another woman. The fixation Tom has with reputation turns the bond of marriage into lies and deceit. Though he believes he’s in love with Daisy, Gatsby merely has an obsession and makes it his dream to be with her. Because he has this unreachable goal, Gatsby ultimately destroys himself in the process of trying to win someone over who will never be won. Fitzgerald demonstrates through both of these characters that building a relationship out of obsession only breeds endless…

lives in a mansion in East Egg which is also a fictional place. West Egg has a description called new money. Gatsby tries to be all flashy and impressive with his money, which is very irresponsible and unwise (“Old Money V. New Money”). According to this text, it elaborates that new money is a person who just got the new wealth and uses it carelessly like Jay Gatsby buying a expensive car to show off. On the other hand, East Egg has a description called old money. It is nearly the opposite…

Myrtle, is Tom Buchanan’s mistress. It is surprising to see how they react similarly and differently with their attitudes toward women, their ways of showing violence, and their reactions to being cuckolded. Tom Buchanan comes from an old money family. This means that he is well respected in society because his family has had money for generations and generations. Tom is physically described as: “a sturdy, straw haired man of thirty with a rather hard mouth and a supercilious manner. Two…

that is in sight but significantly out of reach. The famous green lights’ appearance in the novel and the film symbolizes Gatsby’s elucidation of The American Dream. It symbolizes how people desire something but it is just out of arm’s reach. This is shown throughout most of the characters in the novel and the movie. Nick Carraway, the Narrator, comes from the Midwest who is hoping for a much more interesting life that exceeds the boring life he once lived. He is humble to where…

but what does this mean, and how does it represent the American dream? Carpe Diem means, “Seize the day”. This phrase embodies the American Dream, which is do whatever you can to have your best life. This is exactly what the message is in Tim McGraw’s hit song, “Live Like You Were Dying”. This song is also in the country genre which is a completely American genre. This song is reflective upon how McGraw has lived his life upon receiving the news of his father’s death. After this occurred he…

totally dominant) in their media but rather for their nature as masterful depictions of a quintessentially American theme. This theme is the pursuit of perfection despite great success, of the emptiness of wealth, and of striving for an ideal that may not exist. This is prevalent in both, with similar characters Gatsby and Kane embodying this quintessential American persona, this idealist, striving for something he has never known. In art of cinematography that both are excellent; Citizen…

him had shared years before, but Daisy doesn’t love him as greatly as Gatsby loves Daisy. Therefore, Gatsby creates an illusion for himself which leads to his downfall. Although, after the death of Myrtle, Daisy is almost forced to confide in Tom. This is mainly because she is much too irresponsible to take blame for her own actions. Accordingly, at the end of Chapter 7, the illusion that Daisy loves Gatsby is shattered. Additionally, Fitzgerald exemplifies that Daisy is the most oblivious…

The difference between old money and new money has nothing to do with currency. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby, Published in 1925 manifests the corrupted idealism of the elite caste. This fictional story portrays the life of Jay Gatsby, a self-made man residing in the lucrative, newly wealthy West Egg section of town. Furthermore, Gatsby is stubbornly committed to climbing the social and economic latter and to winning back his beloved previous lover Daisy. Daisy now married to Tom…

One of the main themes for F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is no matter how wealthy a person is they cannot buy happiness. Each of Fitzgerald’s characters in The Great Gatsby come to this conclusion in some way throughout the novel. The characters go about realizing this in different ways, some find it while searching for love and others find it because they realize even though they have everything that the could ever want or need they are still missing something. That something is true…